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title: "Bosch error code E24"
description: "Bosch error code E24: the machine cannot get water out. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on dishwashers."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e24/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Bosch error code E24

### What this one means

The machine cannot get water out. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

### The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

- **E24, E-24** — the same condition, on machines of different ages

### What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

- The drain pump cover
- A kinked drain hose
- A blocked air gap
- A disposal knockout plug never punched out

### What to try yourself

- Lift the drain pump cover and clear it, then click it firmly home
- Check the hose behind the machine is not kinked
- Take the air gap cap off the counter and clear it
- If a disposal was fitted recently, check the knockout plug came out

### Then what

The single most common code on this brand, and four of its five causes are reachable without tools. The disposal plug is the one that means the machine has never drained since the day the disposal went in.

This code is published for dishwashers. The [full list of codes](https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/) has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

What this code means

What this one means

The machine cannot get water out. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

E24, E-24 — the same condition, on machines of different ages

What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

The drain pump cover

A kinked drain hose

A blocked air gap

A disposal knockout plug never punched out

What to try yourself

Lift the drain pump cover and clear it, then click it firmly home

Check the hose behind the machine is not kinked

Take the air gap cap off the counter and clear it

If a disposal was fitted recently, check the knockout plug came out

Then what

The single most common code on this brand, and four of its five causes are reachable without tools. The disposal plug is the one that means the machine has never drained since the day the disposal went in.

This code is published for dishwashers. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

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